The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-14
FANCY FOWLS.
did md New varities OF Chickens
characteristics and Prices.

"
Cortland street, n reporter went in TO
see the show. Cages of fancy fowls of
every variety lined the width of the
room and were piled to the ceiling.
From each proceeded such variety of
growing and cacklng as is found usu-
ally in prize poultry exhibition. The
deep tones of the Coachins afforded a
bass for the shrill notes of defiance
from the game-cocks. The bantams
timidly put in their oar, and the guinea
hens contributed their 'buckwheat,
which sounded like the creaking of a
Justly patent well wheel.
what is the latest fashion in fancy
'owls?h
.'The very latest is the black Mnorca,
handsome variety'just imported from
England. They are of glossy black,
with large red comb. They are of
medium size and lay big white eggs.
They are larger than the Leghorns, al
though they belong to the same family
-non-stters Interest in them has de-
veloped in the last year. They range
from So to $40 each. White Wyan-
dottes and White Plymouth Rocks have
lately appeared. They are of Ameri-
can origin. They are good layers and
excellent market fowl. They range So
to So each. The regular Wyandottes
and Plymouth Rocks are Dominicks.
A great craze on them continued for
many years. Cocks have been sold as
high as S75 to $780,"
do fancy fowls sell as high as for
merlyP"
mo varieties have brought so much
lately. About twenty-five years ago
buff Cochins, then first introduced, sold
as high as $3.50 each. They range
now from SO to S.. They are very
large, handsome, and quiet in their
nature, and fair layers of large eggs.
The Brahmas have always commanded
high prices. The highest paid lately is
$50. 1t is not uncommon to see Brah-
mas possessing superior points as ex-
hibition birds sell as high as that They
are good layers of large, buff colored
eggs. The black Spanish is very
old variety. They were about the first
of the fancy fowl, and have retained
all their characteristics They lay large,
fine, white eggs, but rarely want to sit.
The Polands are an old variety, prized
more for their beauty than anything
else, although good layers, but of small
eggs. There are silver-spangled, white
crested, black, and what is termed a
buff-laced Poland. Numerous attempts
have been made to breed a white fowl
with a black crest, but they have all
failed"
"Do game fowls hold their own?"
"Yes. They are the oldest variety
known. People have fought game-cocks
way back to the time of the C@ars
That is as far as my reccollection ex-
tends, but probably they fought in the
ark. They are bred very carefully for
their fighting qualities by many private
parties-so carefully indeed that it is
very difficult to get a single egg. Be-
sides being bred for the pit great at.
tention has been paid TO varieties bred
for show purposes. These are higher
stationed, long-legged, and more rangy.
Sporting men like a pit bid to be low
and moro compact. The exhibition
birds would make poor show in pit
with a regular pit bird"
Last and least, how are the ban
tamsp"
"Bantams are used for pets. They
are of no particular practical use. Some
come from Japan, some from China,
and they are bred largely in England. "
Cooked-beef scraps ground fine are
used largely by market men and egg
producers as food. 1t never spoils,
and is considered superior to raw
meat Granulated bone is used in win
ter. Bone-meal is used for growing
fowl. to prevent leg weakness and 10
stimulate egg producers. Ground oys-
ter shells are used TO prevent soft-shell-
ed eggs. -NeS0 York Cor. W. Louis
Republican.
British Fair-Play.